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My mother in law, Masako Tanimine, passed away in 2002. We have all of her Japanese 78 records from the 1930s and 1940s. We would like to know if there is any organization that would be interested in receiving these. It would be a shame to destroy them. The JANM has not responded to my email. Thank you.

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Robert Hegwood

12/7/2017 10:15:17 am

Hi Eiko,

JANM has prioritized public events and other activism over the collection of materials. I would suggest you contact Kay Ueda at the Japanese Diaspora Initiative, Hoover Institute, Stanford University. They have been collecting prewar materials, particularly those written in Japanese. Here is her email: kueda@stanford.edu
You could also reach out to the folks at Densho.org, based up in Seattle, to see if they are interested.